[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i created a login page that authenticate the user and his/her password
> to the unix ssystem. what modules can i used to compare the unix
> password with what the user typed in the cgi form? the password is
> encrypted (shadowed) so i need to decrypt it first before comparing
> to what the user typed.
encrypted != shadowed. unix passwords are always encrypted, and
cannot be decrypted (at least not easily).
to check a password, encrypt the given password using the same salt,
and check if you get the same result. see the second example on this
page for an example:
http://effbot.org/librarybook/crypt.htm
if the password is shadowed, you need the right privileges, and the spwd
module:
http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/module-spwd.html
this is only available in development versions. to use it with an older
version, you have to built it yourself. the source code is here:
http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Modules/spwdmodule.c
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